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Roxham Road is now closed. Anyone who gets to the United States will now have to stay in the United States. These people aren't coming to Canada because they have nowhere else to, they're coming because they prefer to live in Canada over anywhere else. That does not constitute a necessity as their lives are no longer in danger once they leave their homes in South America, Africa, Pakistan, Afghanistan and India.

Lady crying about her business being shut down in the United States because she came illegally then attempting to do the same in Canada is retardation at its finest. Just come legally and this won't be an issue.

Given Canada's extensive welfare state there's no way they will put up with this . They simply can't afford to !\nThis is why welfare in general has to go . Its nothing but a magnet for the useless .\nNotice how no country south of Texas even has any welfare programs ! Why should Mexican taxpayers pay for the slugs when they can just cart them over here ?

Wait until they get to Canada and realize they were better off in the States. High taxes, bad Healthcare, little to no housing unless you like paying $3100 for a 2 bedroom, and endure -20 weather for 6 of the year months, come aboard the magic carpet ride.????

Canada need to tell Biden to wake the F-up and close the United States Border between the U.S. and Mexico so Canada doesn't have this problem

Who in the hell would want to make a fresh start in life in the United States of America, everyone in the world ? knows it's a third world country with all it's prisons and mentally ill people and homelessness every were and to expensive to live there the education is no good anymore why not Canada?

What do Canada citizens and United states citizens have 100% in common , They are citizens in North American countries ,They live on the northern part of the continent called America.

I feel sorry for a lot of these people. This is going to keep happening, especially with climate change and unstable nations. Canada do treat these migrants slightly better than the United States but this is a hard thing to fix right now, with all of the things going on in the world. I am a hard-core a Democrat and I don’t have any solution to this issue, but there needs to be one.

Welcome to Canada\nwe will pay all your needs\neverything is free\nif its not come on down to California \nAmericans taxpayers will cover all your cost\nfood rent living expenses \nWe love giving half our check to the state an feds so they can spoil you illegals\nCOME ON IN\nITS ALL FREE

You all decided this was OK. We will keep sending migrants from our states to your states and to the country of Canada.

This problem arose from the southern states not following democratic policies in which the democrats were allowing illegal immigrants into the the US.. the southern republican states said F that and sent these immigrants up north to the democratic states and now here they are trying to enter Canada

You know what this mean? It mean United States is not what they think really in their mind. Not much different from their mother land. Next stop Canada

Canada is going arrest them send them back to United States don't trust Canadian president

Wow going over to Canada to have it better that what it used to be for United States

“That other border”? Put some respect on the name “America” it’s the Canadian border. ?\nThe woman’s never been to Canada but for some reason thinks it’s better than the states. That’s odd.

It is illegal for these people to be in Canada or the USA. They come into my state (Texas) and trash it(drugs).millions are coming Canada gets a few. We are being invaded and our Federal government does nothing Gov Abbott's hands are tied, but he does his best

But just try crossing back into Canada after a weekend in the States with five bucks too much stuff.

Canada ?? has Universal Healthcare. \nThe United States ?? Needs Universal Healthcare.

Lol States is our Mexico up here in Canada.

The populations of the United States and Canada are about to start rising

That’s it I’m illegally entering the states from canada

Compare to southern border, it’s nothing.\nImmigrants should go to NY or Canada, so they get treat better. Especially NY or blue states are welcome for immigrants.

And here I want to escape to Canada but stuck in the states... please help me.

Once they see the cost of living here in Canada they'll go running back to the states

In Canada, all we need to do is settle them in Alberta and after one -40 Celsius winter,they will want to return to warmer countries. Actually, unlike the xenophobic United States,we welcome new immigrants to join our great country as that's what makes Canada unique, because it's made up of many different nationalities and we all get along quite well.

The illegals are denied visas in the United States, so they keep heading north to Canada.

I've lived in both. Canada is a better place to raise your family for sure, and as a society I think it's a better place to live. It's cleaner, safer, and more diverse (and I'm talking real diversity like Aba mentioned, not segregation). There's some cool stuff about the States, don't get me wrong, but my girlfriend (who is American and has visited Canada with me) and I are strongly contemplating moving to Canada. The US has a better night life culture generally speaking and like Aba said there's more to do, but generally speaking I just want a peaceful and simple life.

If Canada does not hammer down on this NOW, it'll become a united states. That's the WORST that can happen to this beautiful peaceful country.

I know exactly what some of these people plan.Get the canadian passport then bounce right back to the states...The states is a more complicated immigration process so Canada is there next option.

Canada is just a transit .....they are actually trying to get to Alaska the best State in the USA for jobs ?????????

Why do they want to come to canada? I would rather stay in the states if I was them .

Why are you even coming to Canada for us? From a third world country I can understand but from us? You won’t find anything here that isn’t already in us. If anything is has it better than this 51st state of us.

You cannot accept the entire poor world into your country. If you do, you’ll become a poor country too and the quality of life of citizens will worsen. The more people the less resources. It doesn’t take a genius to know this. It’s basic common sense. But leaders in Europe, Australia, Canada, and the United States do not seem to know this.

So democrats expect Texas and other border states just to except migrants and be happy but if they send just 1 bus of migrants to their state all hell breaks loose. And look at liberal Canada they don’t want them either. They’re all fake compassionate

State of New York City and government officials are the biggest hypocrite’s on the planet They sit back and preach to Texas Florida about illegal immigrants.When they come to their state load them on a bus for Canada

Ohh ,let's send these people's to canada,and bring Ukrainian people's in, and gave them all the benefits ( housing assistance, $$)))...someone explain how these thing work ,how it's benefit the united state, and how's behind it these lake you not humans the yellow hairs are .

The United States has become an unsafe country for immigrants and refugees as Republican politicians pander to racists, anti-semites, and homophobes for personal profit and political power. Under international law Refugees/Asylum seekers have the right to present themselves at the border to ask for asylum in Canada. We should welcome them as our grandparents were welcomed.

This is not new for Canada. Escaped U.S. slaves, and draft dodgers have found refuge from the United States. U.S. propaganda is a larger problem and threat to Canadians more than anything else.

How about United States bus them from Mexico boarder to Canada! because all of Americans taxes are being raised because of these illegal immigrants

Sad Canada is only a second option for people. Immigrating to Canada is so much easier than the United States. As the saying goes, do you want to struggle to stay in the United States or settle in Canada.

You can tell theyve never been to the US. Our emergency rooms can be all day long as well. And the taxes and health care costs end up being the same. Canadians are really misguided when it comes to their taxes. That tax situation is literally the same in the US. Its a false narrative that US people pay less in taxes when you build in the SEPARATE health care costs. For example, I pay 24% in taxes based on my tax bracket. Those taxes do not include the extra health care costs of having a PPT with health care premiums and deductibles- which is an extra 9330 (so an extra 10%)- so now we are paying the same- literally 34% between taxes and health care. AND add to that- the health care that we pay does not cover lab work and copays and medicines. Thats all out of pocket. So its honestly the same cost. It would be MORE fair to live in Canada where everyone gets that taken out of their taxes. Instead in the US, I pay for my health care, and poverty income people get free Medicaid. Then these girls talk about the cost of living? They have never been to the TRI state area.

So Republican are say bad things about Canada well we are bunch of suckers because mayors of New York give them tickets to go to Canada but republicans are say we sending refugees to United States not true we took in 250 thousand in three years from upper New York rock and rd in province of Quebec so tell the truth

They are doing this to overthrow Canada and the United states

Good, let them go to Canada. All of those who are caught illegally entering the United States should be put on buses and shipped to the far northern parts of Alaska north of the arctic circle.

Thank You Canada For Helping The United States, Let Them Spread Out Among All Of Our Countries So The US Doesn't Have To Take Care Of Them All.

I have mixed feelings about this. I feel like a total first letter of the alphabet-hole for not thinking of helping right away. When I lived in San Diego, it was a palpable daily reminder. Lots of people have cross-border lives. Family, work, home is on either side of the border. Now living up in Washington State, it's different. Here the border with Canada is all about preventing Canadians from stealing technology from us while allowing them to work for us. Some partners who come visit us often times get searched for technology. Like pen drives, samples, etc. It's a totally different story. Canada probably has less homeless than all of south America. It's an easy claim because literally, if you can't insulate your self in winter you go visit the great gardener Jesus and his weirdo multipersonality disorder. In south America, you just need to eat and not get eaten by things. So the result is that people survive way below the poverty line. Then, the big lie tells them that the US is better so they come over to eventually learn how the others found the three headed gardener the hard way. I feel like maybe if they got a tour of the country and learned how shitty it is to live here too, they might think twice about coming over. There are periods and ways when the US opens it's borders but it's looking like a real shit show right now. We don't have enough jobs and not enough houses to house everyone. At least in south America you can live in the family house and no one bats an eye. People help each other in poverty.

The last time the United States pissed Canada off, we burnt the White House down...\n\nJust sayin!

Canada sounds awesome for the immigrants now if they could all just find a way around the United States that would be perfect at least until America gets its head out of its ass and figures out how to regulate a border

This whole situation is untenable. It is devastating to the migrants that have to leave their homes and try to enter either the United States or Canada to apply for asylum. No amount of border protections or treaties or walls will solve the problem. And that problem is the political, economic, and social conditions in their countries of origin. In my opinion, Canada and the United States (more so the United States) need to step up to see if there’s any way to help politically and economically stabilize those so people would not need to leave their homes in search of a better life. Yes, it would cost money… But there would be definite dividends in the future as we would no longer have to invest as much money on our borders. I very much realize not only the complexity of the problems in Latin American countries, but also the complexity of what I am suggesting. But everything we have done so far has been useless, so we need to change our thinking.

If I were them… I’d head to Canada too. I wouldn’t want to stay in the United States that’s no longer United.